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• 8th grade Reading - Mrs. Seibel
• The eighth graders have finished their Holocaust Unit by reading the drama version of The Diary of Anne Frank, by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett.  The students will be watching a movie titled, The Attic, which is about Anne Frank and those in hiding with her, but it is written from a different point-of-view.  After that, the students are going to put on their own drama using scenes from The Diary of Anne Frank.  Students will memorize parts, act out stage directions, make scenes, use dialogue, monologues, and soliloquies, and use props to put this production on in eighth grade style.
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• Seventh Grade English - Diane Kurtz
• Another year is coming to an end, and the seventh and eighth graders have been busy!  The seventh graders just completed a unit on capitalization.  This may seem very simple, but there are many rules regarding capitalization.  The next chapter that the students are going to cover is on punctuation, which goes along nicely with the journal writing unit.  In the seventh grade journals, the students have written on many topics, such as, writing about the importance of math and science, Anne Frank's diary, their favorite season, and children's poetry day.  The seventh graders will finish the year by completing their last speech.  They will be required to gather information on their favorite vacation/tourist attraction and use the persuasive mode for presenting.
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• Eighth Grade English - Diane Kurtz
• Like the seventh graders, the eighth graders are also writing in their journals.  We have discussed and written on various topics, such as, cell phone usage in schools, the history of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus, and particular character traits of President Grover Cleveland.  We also discussed Hans Christian Anderson, a Danish author, who was known for his fairy tales.  After discussing Hans Christian Anderson, the students chose two of their favorite fairy tales and combined them into one by incorporating elements from each story.  They could also add their own twist to the story.  After writing their own fairy tales, the students created puppets, backgrounds, props, etc. and presented their stories to local preschools and elementary classrooms.  It has been a fun year and before you know it, we will be enjoying the warm summer sun!     
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